one [ tires screech ] >> narrator: at the end of 2007, the fbi in montana, the secret service, and local police departments across the country see a connection in separate cases of cash-advance schemes nationwide. >> what seemed to be the pattern in all of those cases was that runners and handlers were being sent out to the far-flung areas of the country, and money was coming back to california. >> narrator: in august 2007, indianapolis police arrest a crew hitting banks in indiana. according to court documents, one of the fraudsters has gone into banks, posing as an out-of-town comedian who's been robbed and needs a cash advance. in montana, investigators are catching up with kevin dixon and patience isaacs, as well. >> so, the bank up here on the left that we're approaching is first security bank. so, this bank over here is sky federal credit union. this is called rocky mountain bank. if you notice the banks that they picked out in bozeman, numerous banks were local banks versus the larger chain banks. >> narrator: andy knight is a detective in the bozeman police department. >> i got w